AGGIES BASEBALL PLAYERS HAVE GREAT SUMMER

GREENSBORO, September 8, 2006 -- North Carolina A&T had several players play summer league baseball, and they did quite well. The following is a detail view on how those players faired.

 Player                                      Pos./Class        Summer League Team       League Affiliate

Charlie Gamble                          3B/Senior          Fayetteville Swamp Dogs             Coastal Plain

 Skinny: Helped team to first place finishes in both halves of the season…Named to the All-Star Game as well as participated in the home run derby…Charlie hit .242 with six doubles and four home runs. Gamble is a two-time All-MEAC performer and led the MEAC in hits, doubles and RBI in 2006.

 Player                                      Pos./Class        Summer League Team       League Affiliate

Patrick Oates                            OF/Junior          Wilmington Sharks                      Coastal Plain

 Skinny: Played first base for the Sharks and also pitched…During most of the season led the Sharks in hitting (.253), and was also the team leader in doubles with nine and home runs (6). Oates was a second-team All-MEAC performer. He had a career year in which he earned career highs in batting (.319), home runs (9), RBI (40) and hits (73).

 Player                                      Pos./Class        Summer League Team       League Affiliate

J.P. Primus                               P-IF/Junior         Torrington Twisters        New England Collegiate

 Skinny: Helped lead his team to the league championship series…Compiled 4-2 record with a 2.93 ERA while striking out 40 hitters and only walking 13…In the playoffs, he had one appearance and threw a complete-game shutout while striking out nine and walking one…Was also an All-Star, pitching three perfect innings in that appearance. Primus has a 13-9 record as an Aggie with a 3.88 ERA. He was a first-team All-MEAC performer in 2005.

 Player                                      Pos./Class        Summer League Team       League Affiliate

Nick Mayo                                 SS/Jr.                                                        Florida Instructional

 Skinny: Worked with several professional (MLB scouts) instructors while also playing several games per week.  Hit better than .300 in those games and was also perfect in base stealing…Was selected to the League’s All-Star Team as well. Mayo has been the Aggies lead-off hitter for the past two seasons. He is one of the best base stealers in the conference. Mayo has swiped 50 of the 62 bases he has attempted to steal.

 Player                                      Pos./Class        Summer League Team       League Affiliate

Phillip Brewington                      OF/Jr.               Morganton Aggies               Southern Collegiate

Skinny: Brewington obviously likes being an Aggie…Helped lead the Morganton Aggies to their first ever SCBL championship, did so while playing second base as well as the outfield.  Led the team in batting average (.377) and also had an on base percentage well over .400. Brewington had a career-year for the Aggies. He hit a career-best .276 and had a career-high eight doubles.